Camp calls for tax reform in wake of IRS controversy

The country needs a “fairer, flatter, more efficient tax code" in the wake of the IRS targeting conservative groups, Rep. Dave Camp said on Sunday.

NBC “Meet the Press” host David Gregory asked the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee if the IRS’s political targeting gives “some new impetus to resolve the ambiguity in our tax code.”

“In a general sense, I think a lot of people feel the tax code is broken,” the Michigan Republican replied. “It’s not fair, it’s inefficient, it’s so complex. The average family should be able to fill out their own tax forms and file them. They can’t now. It takes the average American 13 hours to comply with the code. … I think we need a fairer, flatter, more efficient tax code.”

Later during the same show, Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.) added the country’s current tax code helped contribute to the IRS targeting conservative groups.

“The reason we have this problem is because we have a tax code that allows groups to use their political operations within the tax code under the guise as a charity to use undisclosed millions of dollars to do political campaigns,” he said.